Ash wanted to enter the chat group, so he needed to close his eyes and immerse his mind in the light spot in his brain.
Unless he's resting, doing this would feel quite strange. Now Ash isn't traveling alone, he has two companions with him, so he usually won't go into the chat group during the day.
It's only when he sleeps at night that it's the best time to enter the chat group.
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[Newbie Ash: Hey big shots, I've come out to make some noise.]"Make some noise" is also a term Ash learned in the group.
[Champion Ash: I remember you're supposed to challenge the gym today, right? Did you pass?]
[Newbie Ash: Passed, passed! The tactics the big guy taught me really worked. Even though Compound Eyes Sleep Powder got countered, I disrupted the opponent with Supersonic, and combined with Aura Sphere's suppressive effect, I won almost without a scratch!]
Tactical Ash taught Newbie Ash the use of Compound Eyes Sleep Powder and also knew the flaws of this tactic. Sleep Powder, after all, is not Hypnosis. Powder moves are easily countered by external factors.
Wind, water, or fire can all break Sleep Powder, so Tactical Ash also gave Ash a second backup plan, which is Supersonic.
The main reason Tactical Ash wanted Newbie Ash to capture Caterpie back then was because the skills Butterfree possesses are enough to make anyone sick to death, and it's the lowest level Pokemon a beginner can find with additional abnormal status effects.
Pokemon like Grimmsnarl and Amoonguss aren't ones Ash can find and capture at this time, but for now, a Butterfree is enough for Ash.
[Ash the Aura Guardian: How's it going? Aura Fusion Resonance useful?]
[Newbie Ash: Yep, yep! Aura Power is like infinite. No matter how much I explore, it feels like there are new uses. Even though the chat group gave a "user manual," I feel like there's still so much unexplored.]
[Ash the Aura Guardian: Haha, of course, it's the top power in the Pokemon world. As long as it's fully explored, even competing with Divine Domain Level Pokemon wouldn't be a problem.]
Competing with Divine Domain Level Pokemon...
When Ash saw this sentence, he immediately thought of Ho-Oh.
Ho-Oh, with its Divine Domain Peak power, has Aura like a vast ocean, endless. Compared to it, Ash's Aura wasn't even close.
Can humans really elevate Aura to that level?
[Champion Ash: Speaking of which, have you encountered three weird guys? The ones with a Meowth, always proclaiming themselves as cute and charming villains and stuff.]
[Newbie Ash: Yep, yep! I used Pikachu to blast them off! That was also my first time trying Aura Fusion.]
[Ash the Aura Guardian: Oh boy, can't escape the fate of running into them, can you? You better be careful; Pikachu has caught their attention.]
[Newbie Ash: Huh? What do you mean?]
[Tactical Master Ash: You'll find out in the future; they are a really annoying bunch.]
[Champion Ash: Haha, but they aren't really bad guys, just misguided. In some parallel worlds, timelines show where they're redeemed. But forget them, rookie, you haven't done a lottery draw in a while, have you? Go check your draw chances.]
Lottery chances?
Ash blinked, then remembered he had cleared the first gym. According to the big shots in the group, certain first-time achievements that hold commemorative value give you lottery chances, like achievements.
Beating the first gym should be considered commemorative, right?
Ash opened the chat group's notifications, and sure enough, there were two pieces of information on it.
[First encounter with Team Rocket trio, gained 1 lottery draw chance]
[First time blasting off Team Rocket trio, gained 1 lottery draw chance]
[First time clearing a gym, gained 1 lottery draw chance]
Three... three draws?
Ash blinked, his clear eyes full of surprise, not expecting to get three lottery draw chances.
Just encountering Team Rocket got him two chances: one for encountering and one for blasting off. Who exactly is this Team Rocket trio? How could they give him two chances?
Remembering what the big shots in the group said, about future constant entanglements with Team Rocket, Ash had a bad premonition.
But that's something for the future; for now, he should use the lottery chances.
Ash went for a three-in-a-row draw; three pointers spun rapidly on the wheel. As his mind willed, the pointers slowly stopped at three places.
[Congratulations on drawing A-Class ability: Special Attack Ability Limit Increase.]
[Congratulations on drawing C-Class ability: Junior Breeder.]
[Congratulations on drawing S-Class single-use ability: Chosen Radiance.]
A-Class, C-Class, and another S-Class ability. Holy moly, what a lucky draw!
When Ash saw the pointer stop at that tiny area, he thought it was a glitch. That area was so tiny it was almost invisible to the naked eye. Such an incredibly slight probability made Ash feel like he'd used up his luck for a lifetime.
The big shots in the group mentioned that even with tens of thousands of draws, an S-Class ability might appear only once or twice because S-Class abilities are ridiculously powerful.
Just look at the Aura Power he's inherited. Originally only a bit stronger than average, now he's become a superman after gaining Aura Power!
Once he's fully familiar with Aura Power, with just his current strength, he could contend with Champion-level Pokemon without training!
Isn't that kind of ability world-defying?
Such a world-defying ability with a one in ten thousand chance is perfectly normal, but now, after just six draws, he got two S-Class, two A-Class, and two C-Class. Is that reasonable?
Even Non-lucky Ash would want to punch someone over this!
Also, in this draw, Ash already knew what the first and second abilities were, but what was the third one?
What is this Chosen Radiance?
[Newbie Ash: Hey big shots, I'm back from the lottery, but there's this one thing I can't understand.]
[Non-lucky Ash: Dude, what did you draw this time? Another A or B-Class ability?]
[Newbie Ash: Uh... why not D or E-Class?]
[Non-lucky Ash: Haha, because those abilities are such trash that you wouldn't need an explanation to understand them. E-Class abilities are like useless knowledge, like hoeing the ground, and D-Class skills might give you driving skills, computer skills, or other super basic skills, which are better than nothing.]
[Non-lucky Ash: Only above C-Class do you get rarer abilities, like what you drew before... So what level did you get this time?]
[Newbie Ash: S-Class.]
[Non-lucky Ash: ???]
[Non-lucky Ash: You &&**%&*@]